Southern Smoked Tavern & Steakhouse

"Came here for an early dinner! The pretzel with queso dip was okay the pretzel was pretty hard almost burnt took forever to come out. Now the fried pickles/banana peppers was delicious highly recommend it. I got the burnt ends platter added macaroni and cheese. The coleslaw is really good baked beans were okay macaroni and cheese was nice and creamy. I was disappointed with the burnt ends tasted like over sauced rib meat. I don’t recommend the burnt ends if you’ve ever had the good stuff. Overall nice place and staff was very friendly."

"First visit but the manager was able to get the issues corrected. No wait so we were able to be seated promptly. It was New York Strip Steak night the the 12oz was only $20 so for a steak restaurant in Lexington that seemed pretty good. Our server was training someone but it still seemed he was gone for long time periods so several times we had to ask another another server if she could find him. The steak was incredibly flavored! No steak sauce needed. They were having power issues as one steak came out way under cooked but again for the fix it did take a while. All the macaroni and cheese sides were ice cold. Again the manager had to fix those. If the food did not taste as delicious as it did and the manager take care of the issues we would not come back but we will definitely be back to try the double American bacon cheese burger! Maybe dessert too"

"Very nice restaurant and staff. Food is good, but it's not the best for the price. $10 for fried pickles is pretty crazy, street corn dip for $13 is insane, and corn bread muffins for $6. Main course meals are pretty large, just the nachos alone can feed 2 people easily. My burnt ends were really dry and hard to chew and the mac and cheese was cold - pastrami was the best. Our waitress was awesome, very nice and polite, never let our drinks empty. Again, it's not terrible, probably just not a 1st pick for me if other things are open for bbq."

"We had an amazing lunch here! The burnt end deviled eggs were fantastic. The pulled chicken nachos were more than plenty for 4 people to share as an entree. The salmon was cooked to perfection. We also tried the pulled pork tacos which were my favorite. Loved the pickled onions on top. Our server was attentive and genuinely friendly. Ready to go back for dinner to try out the steaks!"